113 Status of the Continental Quest!

On their way back to the ship, Pedro took the time to talk to Paul.

"Paul, I want to talk to you about the arrangement of the fleet."

"Arrangement?" Paul asked in a confused tone, "I'm totally fine with you being the Captain, Senior."

Pedro smiled in response and said, "That's good to hear from you. But... What I wanted to talk about is the assignment of tasks. Remember that there should be, at least, one of the highest-ranking officers to remain on board the Head Ship Karakoa?"

"Yeah."

"As of now, there's only the two of us." He said, "I know that this would be a selfish request but... I would like you to be the one in charge of the ships. I mean... You are definitely more knowledgable than me in terms of control and navigation of the ships."

Paul Solares laughed in response and said, "You think too highly of me, Senior. But if you say so, then it would be my honor."

Pedro laughed in response and said, "Great! Great! Now, I am at ease that the ships are in good hands."

"Rest assured, Senior! I'll protect what our mentors handed over to us, even with my life!"

With Paul's assurance, Pedro was relieved.

Truth be told, Pedro had planned to leave the ship under the command of his friend, Aldo, or Talia. Although he trusts the NPC more than players, both in strength and loyalty, he could establish a more decent control over players through real-life contracts.

However, because of the relationship of Paul Solares to their mentors, Pedro was assured that Paul could be reliable and trusted in aspects relating to the ships. At the same time, the hierarchy and respect established by their mentors had given him an almost equivalent control, that he would have had to players, towards Paul Solares.

Hence, Other than Paul and Beatrice, Pedro couldn't think of another NPC that he could trust to command the ships.

As for Mathew, He was like a 'General' to Pedro. If Pedro needed to go to war on land, he needed to be present by his side.

As for Faunia, She was like his 'bodyguard' or a personal Knight whose job was to protect him from harm. Hence, it was only natural for her to be with him most of the time.

While Sabrina... She was the hardest person to predict. Pedro wanted to give not only Sabrina but all of his 'groupmates' freedom to choose whether they want to chill on the ship or not. So, he didn't consider them playing the game full time and just being stuck managing the ships.

Worst comes to worst, He could only rely on Aldo, his closest friend, to 'temporarily' take that role. Well... Fortunately, Paul and Beatrice have rejoined their Fleet and one of his problems was solved.

Before he entered the Combined Bridge and Control Center, CBCR, of the ship, Pedro changed his overcoat from the 'newbie' overcoat provided for new members to the overcoat that was given to him by Vice Almirante Soledad. Afterward, he went in.

"Everything ready?" He asked.

Paul Solares nodded in response and said, "Yes, Senior!"

"Let's go!" He said, "Full speed! To Aquari Continent!"

Paul nodded and commanded the crew inside the CBCR, "Full speed! South!"

"Yes, Commander!" Everyone shouted in response.

As they depart, Pedro sat at the 'Captain's Seat' and glanced towards the room where Sabrina and Loren were supposed to be 'sleeping'. He can't help but wonder how the continental event was progressing. So, he checked the quest information through his interface.

[Quest: Protect the Aquari Continent!

Rating: A-rated

Mission: Kill the monsters that start to dominate the Aquari Continent! Each monster killed will have an equivalent point that can be exchanged for items after the event.

Your Kill count: 0

Players with the highest monster kill-count would get special rewards.

Top 1 player will get a Gold-rated offensive skill. Top 10 players will get random generated Silver-rated skill. Top 100 players will get random generated Bronze-rated Skill.

Quest Player Ranking

1. Hey_JoeCorporation [Kill count: 127]

2. Wazzap_JoeCorporation [Kill count: 104]

...

Quest Duration: 1 Month, XX Days, XX Hours

Quest participation is optional. Once a player killed a monster, the kill count will automatically start.]

When he saw the top two players, he frowned and said, "Joe Corporation, huh? Pass a hundred kills? Not bad! No wonder they were the number one guild in the whole world. Just wait for me... That number one spot is mine!"

Along their trip back to the Aquari continent, Sabrina and his other groupmates would often go online and tell him about real-life events. Ashley, Elisabeth, and Charlotte would often scold him about the event.

They reported that some of their classmates had more than 10 Kills already. His classmate, Lukas, was the leading scorer for their class that had 27 Kills. Whilst the highest score from their University was 43 Kills which was from Victor, who was from the Computer Engineering Department.

Pedro chuckled that made the three women, even furious. On the other hand, Sabrina remained calm. Somehow, because of her demonic eyes, she was able to remain calm knowing that there was a significant difference in strength between her and the three girls.

"Relax guys!" Aldo said, coldly, "Don't be lured by the hype caused by the quest. One careless mistake and your account would be deleted. Remember that the school didn't place any requirement of some sort relating to the quest. It's better to play safe and achieve our goals first. Which was to level up!"

Everyone stood in silence. What Aldo had pointed out was the truth. Because of the hype of wanting to become the number one, Players would tend to become aggressive to the point that they might end up dying.

As students, their main priority was to stay alive and keep leveling up. That was the main basis of their grades. Hence, being reminded of the truth, everyone couldn't help but agree to what Aldo pointed out.

But in the next second, Pedro burst into laughter. This made his 'groupmates' look at him with a frown.

"Did I say something wrong?" Aldo asked.

"No! No! You were right." Pedro replied whilst calming himself, "But... We can still become number one!"